For those who missed the pre-sales cut off for Misspent Summer’s yearbooks, fear not as Hurly Burly and The World Stage have landed.
Whether it’s a coffee table or literature for when you’re putting a brown flower in some water, Misspent Summers’ 2024 editions of Hurly Burly and The World Stage are absolute crackers.
Misspent Summers is proud to launch the latest downhill and enduro yearbooks, Hurly Burly and The World Stage.
Covering every round of UCI downhill and enduro World Cup racing, plus the World Championships, the new books capture all the storylines of the 2024 racing season in stunning photography, reporting and analysis.
The action is brought to life by dynamic design and high-quality print; at over 500 total pages, the books are essential reading for any mountain bike fan.
Hurly Burly 8 and The World Stage 7 are available now on the Misspent Summers store and they will be available on Amazon soon.
Hurly Burly 2024:
- Documents every downhill World Cup and World Cup race
- 260 pages of the best photography, writing and design
- High quality paper and print – beautiful coffee table book
- Printed in Wales by Cambrian Printers
- £24 (bundle with The World Stage for the ultimate MTB fan pack)
The World Stage 2024:
- Documents every enduro World Cup and World Cup race
- 244 pages of the best photography, writing and design
- High quality paper and print – beautiful coffee table book
- Printed in Wales by Cambrian Printers
- £24 (bundle with Hurly Burly for the ultimate MTB fan pack)
Who are the books for?
Misspent Summers books are the perfect gift for mountain bikers, bringing all the excitement of top-level racing to their fingertips.
As one review of Misspent Summers on Trustpilot says, “When a printed magazine … is more immersive, more captivating and more real than watching the event live on TV, you know the writers and photographers are doing something right.”
Check our 4.9/5 Trustpilot rating to read about other customers’ experiences.
If you have any queries, don’t hesitate to get in touch. We’re a tiny team but do our best to reply within a day.
Supporting brands: Canyon Bicycles, Downtime Podcast, Forbidden Bike Company, Fox Racing, Maxxis, Mondraker, Pivot Cycles, RockShox, SRAM, Santa Cruz Bicycles, Schwalbe, YT Industries. Supporting teams: Specialized Gravity.
About Misspent Summers
Misspent Summers has been producing annuals from the downhill and enduro seasons since 2016, plus other print and online projects including Deathgrip Book, Spent (bicycles and dirt action pocketbook), Eskapee Anthology, Downtime EP, and many more. Drop in for a cuppa at Finale Work Space, our Italian base in Finale Ligure, if you want to chat bikes, racing and biscuits.
Photography
For a masterclass in mountain biking photography, look no further than Hurly Burly and The World Stage, featuring hundreds of the best downhill and enduro MTB images by the sport’s top photographers – including principal photography by Boris Beyer, Sebastian Schieck and Sven Martin. The images are printed to the best standards on high-quality semi-gloss paper – semi-gloss is preferable to ultra-glossy as it minimises light reflections while producing vibrant, punchy colours.
Reporting and writing
Every round of 2024 UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup and Enduro World Cup racing is covered in Hurly Burly’s and The World Stage’s detailed reports, written by dozens of expert contributors, that dissect and immortalise the season of racing. Additionally, standalone features, analysis, illustrations, and diagrams break down the standout characters, courses, and stories from the year.
Design and production
Every Misspent Summers MTB book is made with extreme attention to detail by a group of print experts with hundreds of years of combined experience. The team includes prominent industry figures who have edited and designed some of mountain biking’s most iconic media, notably Dirt Magazine.
